MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) - A judge denied bond for 28-year-old Jaime Taylor, who was arrested and accused of killing a man at a Miramar drug store.
“Good morning Mr. Taylor, you are charged with one count of murder, dangerous depraved without premeditation. The court does find probable cause ,” said a judge.
Taylor was arrested on Monday in the alleged shooting death of Anthony Souvenir, after the two men apparently got into a heated exchange inside a Walgreens at 2499 SW 101st Ave., at the intersection of Miramar Boulevard and Palm Avenue.
“We know it was a customer dispute. Basically, two customers in the store got into an argument, they exchanged words, one produced a gun and fired a couple shots hitting that other customer,” said Miramar Police Chief Delrish Moss.
Officials said the arguments began immediately after both men entered the store.
The calls for help came quickly after the shots were fired.
“There’s a shooting at Walgreens. There’s a shooting at Walgreens,” said a caller.
“Anybody hurt ma’m?” said the dispatcher.
“Yes, somebody was shot!” said the caller.
Police arrived at the scene and found Souvenir suffering from a gunshot wound.
“Caller advised there’s a shooting in the Walgreens,” was heard over the Broadcastify police scanner.
Paramedics rushed the victim to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Police said Taylor left the Walgreens but returned shortly after.
“Mr. Taylor was the one, carrying the firearm in a store in Broward County. He introduced the firearm into the situation. Up until that point, it was just a verbal argument,” prosecutors said.
Detectives said that moments before opening fire, Taylor told Souvenir “I see you got one, I got one too.”
“Unfortunately people get into these disputes and with the proliferation of guns on our streets, unfortunately, they devolve into this type of a situation,” said Moss.
On Tuesday, in court, Taylor’s public defender asked a judge for bond.
“I had to explain to him that today is not the day to fight or dispute these allegations. He’ll have his day in court for him to do that. But judge, he wishes to do that from the outside,” he said.
But prosecutors said that Souvenir’s family likely have wishes of their own.
The judge ultimately denied Taylor bond.
“Charges are obviously very, very serious. I am going to hold no bond at this time,” said the judge.
7News spoke with the victim’s father, Yves Souvenir, Tuesday, who said this loss has completely shattered their family.
“He’s a good son because he has a wife. He has a family and he takes care of them,” he said.
He said he had just seen his son hours before.
“I called my wife and my wife said ‘What! Anthony died!’ I said ‘What are you talking about Anthony died? We were just with him and you said he died. What happened to him?'” said Yves.
The father added the sudden death of his son has left him with more questions than answers.
“What happened now? He’s not there anymore. He has died. Now he’s in the freezer now. Freezer, freeze, to become ice. What now? That problem just come. We’re not prepared,” said Yves.
Yves said he hopes Taylor remains behind bars.
Linda Souvenir, Anthony’s mother, said the memory of his final day is comforting.
“I’m very happy this last moment I had the chance to be with him to sing happy birthday before he died,” she said. “So that gave me some inner peace. I told him and his girlfriend to go enjoy a night out together. I cut his cake with him, sang happy birthday with him.”
She planned to babysit her grandson. Now she and the family wonder how a chance encounter in Walgreens ended in gunfire.
“I was battling pancreatic cancer and he was my rock. He helped me fight this battle not knowing he had his own battle he was going to fight, and he wasn’t going to make it,” Souvenir said. “I’m devastated. He was my baby with a big heart.”
Anthony Souvenir is survived by his wife and children. He died on his birthday.
It’s still unclear what the dispute was about.
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